Ochre Red & Light Brownish Olive +1

About this combination

Combination 199 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Ochre Red, Light Brownish Olive, Deep Lyons Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 199 of Wada's 348 anchors Ochre Red, Light Brownish Olive and Deep Lyons Blue in the red family — a 3-colour grouping with a refined, warm character, recorded in the Showa-era volumes of Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, where these shikisai names have sat in the public domain for generations. Its strongest pairing — Light Brownish Olive on Deep Lyons Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 1.96:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.